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(University of Pretoria, 2020-03)The global demand for poultry products is continuously growing, therefore the poultry industry requires fast growth and high stocking densities to enhance production efficiency. These conditions impact negatively on ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)South Africa is targeting malaria elimination (halting malaria transmission within the country’s border) by 2023. However, hotspots of stable residual malaria transmission pose a threat to this goal. Whilst several factors ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Resistance to the most widely used drugs in the treatment of malaria, those in artemisinin-based combination therapies, has emerged, most recently in Africa. Development of new drugs that exploit unique structures with new ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Orchids form unique symbiotic relationships and are adapted to growing in extreme environments. The growth and survival of orchids are aided by soil microbes such as bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi, particularly mycorrhizal ...
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Phylogeography and morphometric variation of the Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata complex (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2021)The Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata is a peculiar, short-tailed lark confined to southern, central and East Africa. Typical of resident larks, it exhibits marked geographic variation in plumage colour, which has ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Malaria parasites are increasingly developing resistance to current drug treatments, emphasizing the continued need for new drugs targeting the disease-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum and the investigation of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Severe malaria is caused by the Plasmodium falciparum protozoan. This malaria-causing parasite has a complex life cycle including a proliferative asexual stage and a terminally differentiated gametocyte stage, which is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The renewed focus on global malaria eradication necessitates the discovery and development of novel strategies to block the transmission of the Plasmodium parasites that remain a burden to the health and socio-economic ...
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(Pensoft Publishers, 2021)Lichens are the result of a symbiotic interaction between fungi (mycobionts) and algae (phycobionts). Aside from mycobionts, lichen thalli can also contain non-lichenised fungal species, such as lichenicolous and endolichenic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)De novo haplotype phased genome assemblies based on long-read sequencing technologies have improved the detection and characterization of structural variants (SVs) in plant and animal genomes. As long-reads are able to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Ceratocystis infections pose significant threats to the sustainability of plantation-grown trees propagated for commercial purposes. Ceratocystis infections result in wilt, canker, vascular discolourations and eventual ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)African horse sickness (AHS) is a non-contagious disease causing severe illness and mortality in infected horses, and is listed as a notifiable disease by the World Organisation for Animal Health. The orbivirus African ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Diabetes mellitus affects millions of people worldwide and if left untreated leads to many serious complications such as hypertension, stroke, coma, or even death. Although drugs are commercially available, often these are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in association with its mutualistic fungus, Amylostereum areolatum, pose a threat to forest plantations in the Southern Hemisphere. This invasive pest insect is controlled with a biological ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic bacterium that causes severe infections such as cystic fibrosis (CF), skin infections, and urinary tract infections (UTI), especially in immunocompromised patients. ...
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The taxonomic diversity of the Ju|'hoansi hunter-gatherer intestinal microbiome in Tsumkwe, Namibia (University of Pretoria, 2021)The intestinal microbiome (IM) comprises all the microorganisms in the human gastro-intestinal tract, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea and protozoans. Over millennia, these microorganisms have formed intimate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that causes an estimated 60,000 preventable human fatalities in rabies affected countries every year. While very few countries have eliminated terrestrial rabies, the burden is the highest ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The Eucalyptus snout beetle is an oligophagous invasive insect pest of Eucalyptus species. The beetle is attracted to emerging leaves containing high concentrations of essential oils consisting of a complex mixture of mono ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The aim of this dissertation was to synthesise information on stink bug diversity and their associated wasp egg parasitoids, with a focus on the species present in macadamia orchards in South Africa. The work presented in ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2021)Lyssaviruses cause the disease rabies, which is a fatal encephalitic disease resulting in approximately 59,000 human deaths annually. The prototype species, rabies lyssavirus, is the most prevalent of all lyssaviruses ...
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